The Happiness Thread

Something really awesome happened at work today. I work in a bookshop and today a twelve year old kid came in started looking around. I told him the usual books young boys buy, but he goes "do you have Shakespeare or Moby Dick? I've heard something about these two and decided to try them."
I was just whaaat?!
Really nice to see that even the youngest like classics.
I asked him he wants to read classics. He said yes and I advised to maybe start with 20.000 Leagues under the sea, since I think it's a quite adventureous. Did I advise him all right or did I make a mistake?

 

Good job.

 

Well, I'm actually ahead in sociology, I have my powerpoint done and the information pretty much there, to find out that i have the entire class (basically all day) to get it done before the holiday (to save us some time!)

 

Creating fake injuries with the sixth graders and then pranking other teachers with it was lots of fun.

Edit: Also happy because my lesson plans for 3 weeks are all made and checked and don't need any editing. Plus after tomorrow there's two weeks of Easter holidays!

 

Looking at the full moon with binoculars. I think I understand why astronomers find space so fascinating now. I saw the full moon, and it's giant dark spots with my own eyes.

So majestic and awesome!

 

Im happy because a couple of days ago, I accepted an offer from a university to go study there, I am both excited and nervous at the prospect! roll on the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence course!

 

There's a lunar eclipse coming up tonight (or rather tomorrow before dawn if you are on the US west coast).
From Google:

 

I have a date tonight! And it's a nice day! And I'm almost off work! And I'm going swimming after work!

 

The beauty of mad, broken things; a mind included.

 

Finally finished all but the review stage of my translation of the Anglo-Saxon poem 'The Wanderer'! This was a hard one, and at times I thought of giving up, but reading it all in full I'm glad I didn't.

 

Finally started reading The Hobbit for the first time. This is quite possibly the first fantasy I've really enjoyed since the days of Harry Potter. Almost to Chapter Two. After this, I might get started reading The Lord of the Rings trilogy.

 

Writing a short story and drinkin' on some Monster. It took me a long time to figure out how to approach it, but I think it's shaping up.

 

For the first time since my second big knee injury, I've played football three weeks running. And I've not lost my knack for the dark arts of the game - after seeing one of their lads give one of our teenagers a boot off the ball on Thursday, the next time he went anywhere near the ball he was rewarded with me clattering him from behind. Which I actually really enjoyed as he didn't try anything like it again!

 

I'm happy because I found this forum and it honestly seems so nice and organized. Also, I'm feeling the urge to start writing again and that's always fun. Maybe this time I can finish something. There's also the fact that it's a lazy Sunday and I have newly dyed hair.

 

I feel happy because... I am. My laptop has a corrupted hard drive, I spilled coffee on my arm, and I smashed my toe into a dresser. I don't care because today was a damn good day!

 

Good techno and my yoga ball, best cure for writer's block ever...at least for the mess that passes for my brain.

 

That moment of wonder, I find it on occasion. Today was one of those occasions.

 

I had my appointment with my orthopedic doctor today and he said I need another three weeks in a cast. Then he is going to put me in a walking boot. Oh I can't wait to hear that sound of the saw cutting off my cast.

 

I don't deal well with negative change. I really don't. A huge part of that is that I love people, really deeply - not in a boundary-breaking way, but in a way that, if someone is important to me, I prioritize them in my life and want them near me. That's just the way I've always been. If you're my friend, I will fly across the world for you if you need me. I will find a way to make that happen. And that's why I don't do well with change, in terms of people. People change and friends come and go and that's normal and natural and usually for the best, but that's always been really hard for me, because I care and love people so much. I will never overstep a boundary and make someone stay if they don't want to, but I'm also very rarely the type to break things off first unless things get really, really bad for me.

But the more I live and the more I experience - and I'm only 20, so it's not like I'm ~worldly~ or anything, but I have lived and realized this, and continue it every day - is that one of the cool things about life is that the good things tend to stick around. People come and go, but the ones that are really good, they stay. They find a way to stay. The things you love, they stick with you. Looking at my life, it's amazing how many things I love are still with me. I still love the same books, movies, TV shows. I still have important people in my life. Football is always there. And friends, lovers... they come and go, and that's always sad regardless of how it happens, but the truly good people who love me and value me for me, they stick around. And that's comforting, to know there will always be good things.

 

you know what, I'm happy, because a band asked me to review their album, so i can put on hold the demos i get sent from the site owner and do some of my own stuff

 

All of my dresses are clean and pressed. Took me the better part of the afternoon, but it was well worth it. There is nothing quite like crisp, clean cotton.

 

My boiler was replaced today. I needed to sleep all day,but happily dealt with the banging and drilling knowing that tomorrow,when I finish my night shift,and I can enjoy my first hot relaxing bath,but you know what? It doesn't matter too much because now in London the sun has appeared! Oh hallowed orb! Turn me beet red!

 

I've been making amazing progress with the linear narrative of Maggie Miri Lowelle. This has been my pet project for NaPoWriMo. Each day I add to the story, yet each piece is required to stand on its own. So far I've managed to do just that. Ten days down, twenty to go...

 

Hooray, treadmill test was normal. All those steaks and potatoes drenched in butter paid off.

 

Had a beautiful day. Finished reading a book, bought some cut flowers, went to the park and had a titmouse fly onto my hand for a peanut. I left my chores for tomorrow, but I don't regret it.